I get asked a lot about how I manage to write books alongside a full-time legal career, family life, and everything else that insists on existing simultaneously. Often the people asking are my colleagues, which leads to a moment of terrifying panic that I am about to become very much able to fit everything into a day that involves a lot less lawyering. Thankfully, they are all very understanding, and I’m still allowed to function as both a lawyer and a writer. Although sometimes function is...
This past week has felt like riding a dragon: terrifying, dizzying, and bloody magical.
When I published Modern Magic back in July, I never imagined I’d be writing a post like this so soon.
Thanks to an incredible BookBub Featured Deal (something I never expected to land), Modern Magic shot up the charts and became an Amazon International Bestseller. It reached the Top 300 Kindle Store overall in the UK, US, Australia, and Canada and hit #1 in Contemporary Fantasy and Coming of Age Fantasy. For...
Inspiration is a funny thing.
Since Modern Magic came out, friends have asked me where the ideas for its magical world and eccentric characters began.
Some of them have been quietly forming in the back of my mind for years. Take the parallels between mages and city lawyers: a thought experiment that kept me entertained in my windowless junior office, wondering what it would be like to cast spells instead of drafting contracts. The conclusion? Probably just as tedious. Human beings have a...
I’ve always loved the moment in a story when, after all the anticipation, Pandora’s box is finally opened — rules are broken, chaos ensues, and the world is changed. After that, it’s all about finding a way to let hope creep back in, and allow the new world to settle…
I’m Beth Williams, author of Modern Magic.
By day, I’m a corporate lawyer. But somewhere along the way, I started wondering… what if I swapped contracts and conference calls for magic and stories?
That thought turned into Modern...